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John Cleary completed his BSc (Industrial Chemistry) and PhD (Hydrogels for Drug Delivery Applications) at the University of Limerick. He worked as a postdoctoral researcher and research fellow at Dublin City University where he had a primary focus on the development of field-deployable sensors and analysers for measuring water quality parameters including nutrients, metals, and pH.
Dr. Cleary has been a Lecturer in Chemical and Analytical Science at SETU since 2014, teaching primarily in the area of spectroscopy and analytical instrumentation, and he is currently Programme Director for the BSc. in Analytical Science. He is the coordinator for undergraduate projects at Level 7 (BSc Analytical Science) and Level 8 (BSc Hons Pharmaceutics and Drug Formulation).
He is a principal investigator at the enviroCORE research centre, and a supervisor of undergraduate and postgraduate research projects. He has supervised three PhD projects to completion and is currently supervisor to five postgraduate researchers. Current research interests include environmental water quality monitoring, microplastics and their environmental interactions, and applications of hydrogels in sensing and drug delivery.
Dr. Cleary teaches on a number of programmes including BSc Hons in Pharmaceutics and Drug Formulation, BSc Hons in Biosciences with Biopharmaceuticals, BSc Analytical Science, and Higher Certificate in Applied Chemistry. Modules currently taught include Instrumentation, Manufacturing, Pharmaceutical Processing and Process Analytical Technologies, and Spectroscopy for Biosciences. He is a supervisor and coordinator for undergraduate projects at Level 7 (BSc Analytical Science) and Level 8 (BSc Hons Pharmaceutics and Drug Formulation).
Environmental water quality monitoring, with an emphasis on field deployable and low cost technologies for assessing the quality of environmental waters and wastewaters, with respect to parameters including nutrients and metals.
Microplastics and their environmental interactions, including assessment of the prevalence of microplastics in Irish freshwater, and investigations of interactions between microplastics and organic pollutants, potential pathogens, and biological indicators.
Applications of hydrogels in sensing and drug delivery, with focus on the applications of chitosan-based hydrogels.
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
PhD "Characterisation of a thermoreversible hydrogel for the controlled release of pharmaceutically active compounds", University of Limerick
Jan 2000 → Sep 2005
Bachelors Degree, BSc Industrial Chemsitry, University of Limerick
Oct 1994 → Sep 1998
Postdoctoral researcher / Research fellow, National Centre for Sensor Research, Dublin City University
Nov 2005 → Aug 2014
Researcher, Electrochemistry Research Group, University of Limerick
May 2003 → Apr 2005
Laboratory Technician (Process Development), Eli Lilly SA., Co. Cork, Ireland
Feb 1997 → Aug 1997
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Germaine, K. (Supervisor), Murphy, L. (Creator) & Cleary, J. (Supervisor), NCBI, 2019
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